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Bowfishing Accident
« on: June 04, 2014, 09:32:53 PM »
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Re: Bowfishing Accident
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2014, 09:36:39 PM »
 :yike: How did that happen? Im getting ready to take a bunch of my archery club members out shooting carp... did it come back and whack u in the head?
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Re: Bowfishing Accident
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2014, 09:39:26 PM »
Ouch! That's hurts just looking at it! Are you still bowfishing? Care to elaborate on how that happened?
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Re: Bowfishing Accident
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2014, 09:44:56 PM »
I would like to know how it happened as well. Did you not have a safety slide and tie the line to the back of the arrow?
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Re: Bowfishing Accident
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2014, 09:50:18 PM »
What happened was the draw weight was higher than I should have been shooting, (practicing for deeper and further fish) so the bow got out of my hand just as I was coming to full draw and the cable rod hit my eye and head. I shot the Tri-Cities spawn-a-thon last month which was my first time shooting since the accident. We didn't even bother weighing in at the Tri-Cities shoot but it was fun and challenging at least.

None of this happened from the bowfishing specific gear such as the arrow or reel, I've never had a problem with the AMS reels and slides.  :tup: I only posted it under the bowfishing topic since it's what I was practicing for when it occurred.

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Re: Bowfishing Accident
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2014, 10:20:43 PM »
Thanks for elaborating. Glad to hear your back on the horse!  :tup:
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Re: Bowfishing Accident
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2014, 10:44:16 PM »
Accidents can and do happen. I am glad you are running the right gear to help keep you safer.
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Re: Bowfishing Accident
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2014, 07:47:54 PM »
OUCH!!!!did you forget to pull the lever back?

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Re: Bowfishing Accident
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2014, 07:55:09 PM »
WOW! Looks painful, thank you for posting. We all make mistakes and Its good to share them so others do not make the same ones.

 


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